Zika and dengue but not chikungunya are associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Mexico: A case-control study.

• Main Authors: Israel Grijalva (Author), Concepción Grajales-Muñiz (Author), César González-Bonilla (Author), Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto (Author), Martín Paredes-Cruz (Author), José Guerrero-Cantera (Author), Joaquín González-Ibarra (Author), Alfonso Vallejos-Parás (Author), Teresita Rojas-Mendoza (Author), Clara Esperanza Santacruz-Tinoco (Author), Porfirio Hernández-Bautista (Author), Lumumba Arriaga-Nieto (Author), Ma Guadalupe Garza-Sagástegui (Author), Ignacio Vargas-Ramos (Author), Ana Sepúlveda-Núñez (Author), Omar Israel Campos-Villarreal (Author), Roberto Corrales-Pérez (Author), Mallela Azuara-Castillo (Author), Elsa Sierra-González (Author), José Alfonso Meza-Medina (Author), Bernardo Martínez-Miguel (Author), Gabriela López-Becerril (Author), Jessica Ramos-Orozco (Author), Tomás Muñoz-Guerrero (Author), María Soledad Gutiérrez-Lozano (Author), Arlette Areli Cervantes-Ocampo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses (ZIKV, CHIKV and DENV) are temporally associated with neurological diseases, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Because these three arboviruses coexist in Mexico, the frequency and severity of GBS could theoretically increase. This study aims to d...